A Smarter Sharp Shooter

An Android camera combines the convenience of a smartphone with the optics of a point-and-shoot

By

Joshua Fruhlinger

Dec. 7, 2012 1:34 p.m. ET

IN A PERFECT WORLD, great cameras would be Internet-connected or smartphones would take better pictures. The Samsung Galaxy Camera—which looks like a point-and-shoot with a smartphone fused to the back—takes a step closer to that ideal. It connects to a cellular data network, so you can email and share photos anywhere you have wireless coverage. The Galaxy runs Google's Jellybean Android mobile operating system, which gives you access to powerful photo editing apps (for cropping, reducing red-eye and adding vintage effects right on the camera) and a touch-screen keyboard for typing captions when sharing photos on...